diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 22b5d71474..5fe16f3f2f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ android_analysis = [
   "android_inspector==0.0.1"
 ]
 mining = [
-  "minecode_pipelines==0.0.1b1"
+  "minecode_pipelines==0.0.1b8"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/scanpipe/pipes/federatedcode.py b/scanpipe/pipes/federatedcode.py
index 20f80009df..2d92db1664 100644
--- a/scanpipe/pipes/federatedcode.py
+++ b/scanpipe/pipes/federatedcode.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 import requests
 import saneyaml
+from git import GitCommandError
 from git import Repo
 from packageurl import PackageURL
 
@@ -195,9 +196,20 @@ def commit_and_push_changes(
     remote_name="origin",
     logger=None,
 ):
-    """Commit and push changes to remote repository."""
-    commit_changes(repo, files_to_commit, commit_message, purls)
-    push_changes(repo, remote_name)
+    """
+    Commit and push changes to remote repository.
+    Returns True if changes are successfully pushed, False otherwise.
+    """
+    try:
+        commit_changes(repo, files_to_commit, commit_message, purls, logger)
+        push_changes(repo, remote_name)
+    except GitCommandError as e:
+        if "nothing to commit" in e.stdout.lower():
+            logger("Nothing to commit, working tree clean.")
+        else:
+            logger(f"Error while committing change: {e}")
+        return False
+    return True
 
 
 def commit_changes(
@@ -218,18 +230,9 @@ def commit_changes(
         author_name = settings.FEDERATEDCODE_GIT_SERVICE_NAME
         author_email = settings.FEDERATEDCODE_GIT_SERVICE_EMAIL
 
-        files_added = all(
-            [
-                True
-                for changed_file in files_to_commit
-                if changed_file in repo.untracked_files
-            ]
-        )
-        change_type = "Add" if files_added else "Update"
-
         purls = "\n".join(purls)
         commit_message = f"""\
-        {change_type} {mine_type} results for:
+        Add {mine_type} results for:
         {purls}
 
         Tool: {tool_name}@v{tool_version}
@@ -239,7 +242,11 @@ def commit_changes(
         """
 
     repo.index.add(files_to_commit)
-    repo.index.commit(textwrap.dedent(commit_message))
+    repo.git.commit(
+        m=textwrap.dedent(commit_message),
+        allow_empty=False,
+        no_verify=True,
+    )
 
 
 def delete_local_clone(repo):